Abstract
A comparative study of protein synthesis has been carried out with embryos excised from dormant (D) and non-dormant (ND) caryopses of the wild oat. Although D embryos imbibed in water or ND embryos imbibed in abscisic acid do not germinate, they incorporate [14C]leucine into TCA-insoluble material for the first 48 h as readily as embryos that do germinate (ND embryos imbibed in water, or D embryos imbibed in gibberellic acid). Pulsechase experiments with [14]leucine show that in both D and ND embryos the proteins associated with the membranes undergo turnover. The rates of decay of incorporated radioactivity are similar in both dormant and germinating embryos up to 98 h following embryo excision. Fractionation of the membrane proteins in SDS-polyacrylamide gels indicates that the different polypeptides have different rates of turnover. It is concluded that membrane proteins in imbibed D embryos are in a state of constant turnover, and that this is a part of the replacement processes necessary to maintain the integrity of hydrated cells. The continuation of such synthetic events could account for long term survival of dormant Avena fatua in the imbibed state.
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Abbreviations
- CCRSE:
-
cytochrome relative stain equivalents
- D:
-
dormant
- ND:
-
nondormant
- ABA:
-
abscisic acid
- GA:
-
gibberellic acid GA3
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Cuming, A.C., Osborne, D.J. Membrene turnover in imbibed and dormant embryos of the wild oat (Avena fatua L.). Planta 139, 209–217 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00388632
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